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Don Williams

Case from New-orleans, LA dated Nov 17, 2016

Victim Details

Don Williams

Male

New-orleans

LA

2016-11-17

61

Don

Williams

07/02/2026

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Don Williams, a 61-year-old Black man, died in New Orleans, Louisiana on November 17, 2016, after a night that began as a gathering inside a Lower Ninth Ward home and ended in gunfire.

Shortly after 3:30 a.m., New Orleans police were called to a residence in the 1300 block of Deslonde Street on a report of a shooting. Inside, officers found Williams suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to his chest and face. He was rushed to a hospital, but he did not survive.

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  • NOLA.com: Orleans grand jury indicts man in fatal Lower 9th Ward shooting
  • Orleans grand jury indicts man in fatal Lower 9th Ward shooting
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